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帝国 ( dì guó ) 被 ( bèi ) 分裂 ( fēn liè ) 为 ( wéi ) 东西 ( dōng xī ) 两 ( liǎng ) 半 ( bàn ) (事 ( shì ) 在 ( zài ) 公元 ( gōng yuán ) 395年 ( nián ) )
帝 (みかど) (n) (1) emperor (of Japan); mikado; (2) (the gates of an) imperial residence; (P) [EDICT] (dì, ㄉㄧˋ ) emperor [CE-DICT]
国 (くに) (n) (1) country; (the) state; (2) region; (3) (obs) (See 国郡里制) province (of Japan); (4) home (i.e. hometown, home country); (5) (arch) land; earth; (P) [EDICT] (guó, ㄍㄨㄛˊ ) country; nation; state; national; surname Guo [CE-DICT]
事 (こと(P);こん) (n) (1) thing; matter; (2) incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; (3) circumstances; situation; state of affairs; (4) work; business; affair; (5) after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; (n-suf) (6) (See 事・ごと・1) nominalizing suffix; (7) (See 事・ごと・2) pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; (P) [EDICT] (ごと) (suf) (1) (See 事・こと・6) nominalizing suffix; (2) (See 事・こと・7) pretending to ...; playing make-believe ... [EDICT] (じ) (n) {Buddh} (See 理・2) individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle) [EDICT] (shì, ㄕˋ ) matter; thing; item; work; affair [CE-DICT]
在 (ざい) (n) (1) country; countryside; (2) outskirts; suburbs; (pref) (3) situated in; resident in [EDICT] (zài, ㄗㄞˋ ) (located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing sth; (indicating an action in progress) [CE-DICT]
公 (きみ) (pn,adj-no) (1) (male) (fam) (used colloquially by young females) you; buddy; pal; (2) (arch) monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master; (P) [EDICT] (おおやけ) (adj-no) official; public; formal; open; governmental; (P) [EDICT] (こう) (n,suf) (1) public matter; governmental matter; (2) prince; duke; (n,n-suf) (3) lord; sir; (n-suf) (4) familiar or derogatory suffix (after a name, etc.) [EDICT] (gōng, ㄍㄨㄥ ) just; honorable (designation); public; common [CE-DICT]
元 (もと、げん) แหล่งกำเนิด รากฐาน ที่มา [LongdoJP] (げん) (n) (1) {math} unknown (e.g. in an equation); (2) {math} element (of a set); (3) yuan (monetary unit of China); (4) Yuan dynasty (China) [EDICT] (もと) (n) (1) (usu. 元) origin; source; (2) (esp. 基) base; basis; foundation; root; (3) (also 因, 原) cause; (4) (esp. 素) ingredient; material; (5) (元 only) (somebody's) side; (somebody's) location; (6) original cost (or capital, principal, etc.); (7) (plant) root; (tree) trunk; (8) (See 和歌) first section of a waka; (ctr) (9) (本 only) counter for blades of grass, tree trunks, etc., and for falcons (in falconry); (n) (10) handle (chopsticks, brush, etc.); grip; (P) [EDICT] (もと) (n,adj-no,n-adv,n-pref) former; ex- [EDICT] (yuán, ㄩㄢˊ ) Chinese monetary unit; dollar; primary; first; the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368); surname Yuan [CE-DICT]
年 (ねん) (n) (1) year (e.g. AD); (ctr) (2) counter for years [EDICT] (とし) (n-adv,n) (1) (年 only) year; (n) (2) many years; (suf,n) (3) age; (n-adv,n) (4) past one's prime; old age; (P) [EDICT] (とせ) (ctr) (arch) counter for years (following a number in the hito-futa-mi counting system) [EDICT] (nián, ㄋㄧㄢˊ ) year [CE-DICT]